[nycbug-talk] hardware testing

[Edward Capriolo]

I do not always get the chance to burn in hardware as I would like. I am
not as much looking for a performance report, as I am looking to ensure the
machine will not fall over as soon as load hits it.
Flaky NIC driver
Bad disks in RAID set or smart type errors
Since I am in to Apache Cassandra these days, I just use a NoSQL benchmark
tool. https://github.com/brianfrankcooper/YCSB/wiki

NoSQL is good at benchmarking disk, memory, network, and creates some solid
processing load. So I just beat up the node for hours also you can compare
the stats vs other classes of hardware and see how the system does.

Edward

On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 10:40 AM, George Rosamond <
george at ceetonetechnology.com> wrote:

> How do others deal with hardware testing?
>
> You have the parts, the boxes built, new or used, how do you go about
> testing the RAM, drives, etc?
>
> I've used FreeBIE and other types of utilities, but I really would like to
> use or build some sort of self-contained, scripted, cd or USB bootable
> tool.  Boot it off the removable media, and get a full review the next day,
> if necessary.
>
> Anyone?
>
> g
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